His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Reverend Father ALFRED AGYENTA as the new Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocese.
The news was released on 5 April 2011 from the Apostolic Nunciature in Ghana by Archbishop Leon Kalenga, Apostolic Nuncio.
CURRICULUM VITAL OF REV. FR. ALFRED AGYENTA
Rev. Fr. Alfred Agyenta was born in Wiagha, in the Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocese on 20th January 1959. He is the son of Sylvester Agyenta and Diana Agyenta.
Fr. Agyenta had his elementary schooling in Wiagha from 1964-1974. He continued his education in Navrongo, in the Minor Seminary of the diocese from 1974-1979. He did his sixth form education in the Nandom Secondary School, in the diocese of Wa, from 1979-1981. He then entered the St. Victor’s Major Seminary in 1981 where he did his philosophical and theological studies. He was ordained priest on 6th August 1988 for the diocese of Navrongo-Boltaganga.
After his ordination, Fr. Agyenta was appointed curate to the Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Cathedral, Navrongo from 1988-1991. He was then sent to Rome for studies. After his studies at the Biblicum, he returned home and was appointed Lecturer and Formator at the St. Victor’s Major Seminary, Tamale. This he did from 1995-2000. He then left to Belgium to do his doctorate. He returned in 2006, and has continued to be on the staff of St. Victor’s and St. Augustines Millennium Seminary till today.